Preview; The Standards Implemented - Sharp mz-3500 Manual For Use

Section D:
CRT Interface
D
.1. Preview
In this section, the CRT interface is described. This interface 11 under-
stands" a number of control codes, nearly all of them beginning with
ASCII control character "ESCAPE" (lB hex, 27 decimal), followed by
further characters. For example, when in the subsequent paragraphs, a
character string "ESC
A
11 is referred to, this is to be understood as
sending the control character "ESC", followed by the character 11 A".
0.2. The Standards Implemented
In order to make the application of existing software as easy as possib-
le, the MZ-3500 processes the control codes of two widely used standard
terminals. There are two control codes to switch between both terminals:
ESC 'A'
TeleVideo 950 Terminal (TV950)
ESC 'B' Lear Siegler ADM3A Terminal, as implemented in the MZ-80B CP/M
version.
After cold start and program termination, TeleVideo mode is selected by
default.
All system programs are adapted to TeleVideo mode. If an application
program is to run under ADM3A mode, this mode must be selected everytime
when needed (e.g. in the program start message). When setting and reset-
ting the ADM3A mode, the screen is erased. We recommend that all pro-
grams should be adapted to the substantially more comfortable TeleVideo
mode.
Specifications:
Lines per screen
Characters per line
Status line
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EOS System manual
TV950
24
80
yes (line 25)
ADM3A
25
80
no
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